Updating of meeting posts

With these three posts, I ended my stock of photos from meetings I have participated.

Morristown, USA - CLPP (November 2000)
Washington, USA - CLPP (October 1998)
Langkawi, Malaysia - SAT-3 AR&RSC (July 2000)

In the meetings below, I did not take any photos showing any delegate, but only local views. If any delegate to these meetings have some pics and would like to contribute, I will be pleased to publish them.

-Atlanta, USA - Columbus-III AR&RSC meeting (Sep 1994)
-Estoril, Portugal - ARC meeting (June 1994)
-London, UK - SMW-3 TWG (July 1997)
-Chantilly, France - Medret (Oct 1997)
-Lyon, France - SMW-3 TWG (Feb 1997)
-Brusseles, Belgium - SMW-3 AR&RSC (Mar 2000)
-Naples, USA - Atlantis-2 AR&RSC (Oct 2001)

SMW-3 - Abu Dhabi 2006

Hamdam Street, Abu Dhabi, place of 11st SMW-3 Cable System AR&RSC meeting September 2006 (my last meeting).

The weather forecast for the week: High 39-40ºC ; Low 27-29ºC.
A short afternoon tour in waterfront after arrival with Guenter (Germany).


Visiting 7-Star Luxury Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.



Built in the style of a majestic palace rising from the sand, Emirates Palace is an architectural wonder, set on a 100-hectare plot, with elaborate design and unparalleled facilities created with the sole purpose of whisking its guests into a world worthy of royalty. (17/09/06).



SEA-ME-WE 3 AR&RSC family photo and others.

Official dinner aboard a cruising ship on the bay.
Hotel roof swimming pool and its view of Abu Dhabi streets.

Two photos taken in brand new Marina Mall shopping center.


Traditional coffee pots in Abu Dhabi. It is one of the most identifiable symbol of the Arab way of life.




Abu Dhabi is a city of mosques, with well over 400 of them and more being built each year. They range from elaborate architectural masterpieces serving thousands of worshippers to small, modest rooms conveniently located.

Heroes Diner Night Club and Pub at Crown Plaza Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Winner of the Favourite Pub Grub category, Heroes is a relaxed and fun setting offering a wide selection of snacks, where I had some beers and said goodbye to my friends, after anouncing my retirement.

The last photos in Abu Dhabi airport with Gunnar (Norway).

SAT-3 - Assen 2006

A complete week without posting, to attend SAT3/WASC/SAFE Cable System AR&RSC meeting in Assen, Holland, hosted by KPN, in July 2006.
Having a beer break in the esplanade.

Meeting coffee break.

The nice place where official dinner took place.


Assen street in a quiet afternoon, before night busy hours.

After meeting we had the chance to confirm Assen is not only the place of World Superbike Championship. Although has no historical monuments, the Provincial Museum is worth a visit, as well as the windmill museum (Molenmuseum) De Wachter.
The house of windmill museum responsible's family, with some small horses in the back. A very nice and quiet place for living.

Windmill wing detail, when fixed in he vertical position, either for adjustment of aileron according with the wind speed or in the standby position, as it was the case.
Walking down the Damrak from Damsquare to the Central Station.
Central Station in Amsterdam.


I and Jim spending the last afternoon in Amsterdam after the meeting.
A house in one of the Amsterdam channels.

Waiting for their turn in Damsquare, Amsterdam.

SAT-3 - Libreville 2005

During next week I will be in Libreville and it will be a pity if I have not some extra time to take this navette to Pointe Denis and taste the Castle Beer.

Libreville International airport photo taken from internet.

This is my last post before leaving for Libreville, capital of Gabon, one more country I have a chance to visit in Africa, which history is related with Portuguese navigators.In fact, around 1470, the Portuguese navigators found the Ogooué estuary and started the consequent trade with coastal marchants for slaves. Later they were followed by the Dutch, English and French traders, which by the late 18th century gained a dominant position.See more about Gabon history, here.





During the meeting in Gabon Telecom Headquarters.
Some militar elements in the main road outside the hotel.



Making some shopping in Libreville.


Our support during the meeting and shopping afternoon allowing a nice photo oportunity.


Visiting the cable station.



Libreville - A night view from Atlantic Hotel towards the city, taken from the beach, after the official dinner offered by Gabon Telecom (28 September 2005). Mbolo means good morning in Gabonais.


Libreville NKEMBO Church - Family photo of SAT3/WASC/SAFE Cable System meeting delegates (with some extras) 30/09/2005.


Libreville - Il faut dire qu'on mange bien au Gabon. Voici une bonne sugestion: Crocodile avec banana et la délicieuse bière locale Régab.I recommend all beer drinkers to have a seep of Regab. It possesses a light taste to the mouth and tongue and is definitely the best way to survive during warm and moist evenings in hot Gabon... (photo Isabelle Kubica, Sep 2005).

Chez Tedd, Libreville - Waves, Defrisage, Gonfle, Voircissage, Bouclage, Peintage et Sechage.
Some local shops close to the Nkembo church.

NKEMBO Church, Libreville - Women talking about life, in the open air, outside the church.

COLUMBUS-III - Dallas 2004

Family photo of Columbus-III cable system meeting in Richardson, Dallas, USA, in May 2004.

The meeting resuming after a nice open air lunch in the garden, seen throught the window.

My friend Jeff Mundt (Chairman) offering me the farewell cake in name of Columbus-III delegates. Thanks a lot.

The cake made by MCI (portuguese cooker?) to celebrate my retirement. A nice and pleasant surprise indeed.

At Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie entrance, Jim Brack explains how the horse races work and how to bet without loosing much money.

Jim, Jeff, Peter and Mamiliano in the balcony.

Eating and drinking between the races and Peter telling some joke for sure.

Camera man preparing to capture the start of the first course.

Horse Race Supervisor relaxing between two courses.

Preparing the track before the start of the race.

Some photos I took from Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie. A wonderful sunny afternoon.

In last night, eating pizza in a local restaurant in Dallas: Mamiliano (Italy), Peter (South Africa), Ana (Spain) and I.

SMW-3 - Singapore 2004

These photos were also upload to Singtel SMW-3 homepage today.

Caught by surprise in the middle of a challenging exercise with the chopsticks.
Photos from SMW-3 Cable System AR&RSC official dinner. In my table standing:Tsang Hung (HongKong); Jean-Marc Lhostte (Belgique);Ronald Dinkelman (Holand); Guenter Gueiling (Germany) and seated Ellars Andrew (USA); Moustapha Barry (Australia); Su Jin Fu (Taiwan/China); Sunil Hawpe (Sri Lanka); José Santos (Portugal) on 27/07/2005.

Two cats I saw in a street market.

Ballons on the same street, which name I do not remember, not far from hotel.

The Lion of Singapore in Sentosa Island, before going up to his head to make some photos and the battery failed.

A pedonal bridge to cross a large avenue, close to hotel.

A view of the Boat Quay.

Sculptures in Boat Quay promenade, close to hotel.

I tried to find this friendly place I knew in 1999, to have a coffee and a nata cake (portuguese cake), but it does not exist any more.

View of Clarke Quay and Swissôtel Merchant Court, where SMW-3 AR&RSC meeting is being held by Singapore Telecom.

Visitors Centre in Orchard Road. The weather at night was around 34º C and 75% humidity and no wind, what makes you feel much hotter.

Happy Birthday Singapore - Last Saturday, before leaving to the airport of Changi I had some free time walking around Singapore and observed how they commemorated the nation's 40th year of independence and take some photos with my new camera. Have a look on this link.

Esplanade, Theatres on the Bay, also lovingly dubbed “the Durian” by locals due to the shape similar to the "King of the fruits".

In the Esplanade at night, posing near the big letters "I WAS HERE"

View from Esplanade in early morning with Fullerton Hotel, built in 1928, on the left side.

Detail of Thian Hock Keng Temple in Chinatown. Thian Hock Keng is the oldest and most important Hokkien temple in Singapore. Known as the temple of the goddess of the sea and protector of all seamen, the temple contains relics brought from China which are said to be many hundred of years old. The building is supported only on wood poles. Of the two pagodas at either sides of the temple, one is used to contain ancestral tablets.

There are a lot of nice sculptures in Singapore and for me this is the best.

SMW-3 - Cochin 2004

Cochin, India - SMW-3 Cable System AR&RSC meeting family photo (Set 2004).
Somes faces to remember.

Hotel Taj Malabar in Willingdon Island, the meeting place.


Cochin - St Francis Church with tomb of Vasco da Gama.
Chinese Fishing Nets.

Sunset view from Hotel Taj Malabar hotel.

Fishing boat sailing from Mattancherry.

Leaving from Hotel Taj Malabar to Mattanchery by boat.
With the the shoes left outside visiting Jewish Sinagoga (built 1568).

Bazar Road in Mattancherry.

Some shopping in Bazar Road.

Look. It's a bird.

I believe everybody will agree this is my best photo from the meeting.
Taking a nap in the corner of Bazar Road. A photo oportunity.

Explaining how to use the different cameras to hotel personnel to make the family photo.

SMW-3 - Mumbai 2004

Returning from SMW-3 meeting in Cochin (Sep 2004), I managed to have a afternoon in Mumbai to make a short visit to this big city.

The Gateway of India was built to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Bombay, prior to the Durbar in Delhi in December 1911. for more information visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_of_India

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus), better known by its abbreviation CST or VT, and as Bombay VT is an historic railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway, also serving some long-distance trains. On July 2, 2004 the station was nominated a World Heritage Site by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO.

Marine Drive was constructed in 1920, and runs along the shore of the Arabian Sea, society Library and Mumbai's State Central Library from Nariman Point past Chowpatty to Malabar Hill.

Marine Drive, Mumbai. A closer view.

A very common sight in many parts of Mumbai is a cow blocking the traffic, but this one was eating, close to a local open market in Mumbai.

Botanical Garden Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan.

A local reading a book in the Botanical Garden Veermata Jijabai Bhonsle Udyan.

Mahatma Gandhi House and Museum.

Auto portrait at Mahatma Gandhi House and Museum.

Dhobi Ghats : This is where the whole of Mumbai's laundry is washed. This municipal laundry at Mahalaxmi is where nearly 5,000 men beat the dirt out of clothes brought from all over the city. There are open-air troughs, which is used for the washing.

The Haji Ali Dargah is a mosque and dargah (tomb) located on an islet off the coast of Worli in Mumbai. It is one of the most recognizable landmarks of Mumbai.The dargah was built in 1431.
The Hanging Gardens of Mumbai, also known as Ferozeshah Mehta Gardens.

SAT-3 - Sun City 2004

The day before SAT3/WASC/SAFE Cable System meeting at Bakubung Resort in April 2004, three delegates visiting the Palace Hotel of Lost City. Another photo of the same place during the ARC meeting in 1995 (Guenter was also there).

Some fotos from Sun City. More about Sun City and the Palace Hotel, here.
An outside view from the meeting place in Bakubung Lodge.

On the way for the official dinner inside Pilansberg National Park, we stopped some minutes in this nice open air restaurant, offering a good photo oportunity.

Armando and Roger posing for the camera in the same place.
Some photos during the way to the restaurant the Pilansberg Park.
Some photos from official dinner followed by a party.
A lot of work for Telkom SA staff, hosting this meeting and arranging a very nice dinner in the jungle. Thanks.

SMW-3 - Kuala Lumpur 2003

After SMW-3 meeting in Langkawi in April 2003, hosted by Malaysia Telekom, I managed to make a short tour in Kuala Lumpur in the way back home. Here some photos I took there.

My friends from Nigeria Telecom at KL's very nice airport, waiting for Lagos flight.

Petronas Twin Towers and some views of the city and surrounding hills from Menara Kuala Lumpur, or KL tower, 421 meter high.

A detail of a roof viewed from top of KL tower.

An open air swimming pool in the middle of one building viewed from top of KL tower.

A snake charmer struggling for survival, selling some home made medicine in a street market in Jalan Petaling, the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Center's Chinatown.

A young couple in Central Market, a favourite hangout for KL's youth.

The Moorish-inspired Sultan Abdul Samad Building. It was the former colonial administrative centre and it was constructed between 1894-1897.

Detail of the Palace's tower.

Dataran Merdeka (Independence Square), city's historic centre, with a view of Dayabumi Complex building that was for a long time the KL landmark and some views of same street Jalan Raja Laut.

Royal Salengor Club's cricket field, built in 1884, facing Sultan Abdul Samad Building.